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Coinbase Exchange

Major U.S.-origin centralized cryptocurrency exchange within the Coinbase group. Coinbase remained active after the 2025 dismissal of the SEC civil action and expanded its regulated European structure when Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. received MiCA authorization in June 2025.

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Also known as: Coinbase Global, Coinbase.com, coinbase.com

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Key facts

Launch date
2012-01-01
Death date
Years
2012–—
Origin
United States / Luxembourg
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-06-26

URL handling

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Use current URL handling based on status below.
URL status
Live verified
Archived URL

Summary

Major U.S.-origin centralized cryptocurrency exchange within the Coinbase group. Coinbase remained active after the 2025 dismissal of the SEC civil action and expanded its regulated European structure when Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. received MiCA authorization in June 2025.

Timeline

SEC filed civil action against Coinbase
2023-06-06regulatory_actionhigh

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil enforcement action against Coinbase in June 2023 involving exchange, broker, clearing, and staking-related claims.

SEC filed to dismiss civil action against Coinbase
2025-02-27regulatory_actionhigh

The SEC filed to dismiss its civil enforcement action against Coinbase in February 2025, ending the lawsuit that began in 2023.

Coinbase announced Luxembourg MiCA authorization
2025-06-20regulatory_actionhigh

Coinbase announced that Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. had received authorization from Luxembourg's CSSF as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA, supporting regulated service provision across the EU and EEA through the Luxembourg entity.

Evidence

Coinbase Exchange2026-04-07official_statementmedium reliabilityentityarchive
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission2023-06-06regulatory_noticehigh reliabilityeventarchive
Axios2023-06-06news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive
Reuters2025-02-27news_articlehigh reliabilityeventarchive
Politico2025-02-21news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive
Coinbaseofficial_statementhigh reliabilityentityarchive
CoinPaprikadatabase_referencemedium reliabilityentityarchive
Coinbaseofficial_statementhigh reliabilityeventarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note
The 2012 marker follows the broader Coinbase platform lineage; the dedicated institutional Coinbase Exchange product evolved through later Coinbase Exchange / GDAX branding. The Luxembourg MiCA authorization is scoped to Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. and EEA-facing regulated services, not every Coinbase product worldwide. Existing 2023 SEC action and 2025 dismissal events are not duplicated.
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